The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-21
Fluctuations Yesterday in the New York
Exchange Lat Of Stocks.
The Feeling Of the Market at Different Stages
Of the Days Session.
Produce and Provision Prices il Various
Markets Of the Country.
Railroad, State and Government Bonds
Foreign Exehanges-Bsr silver-oiI
Markets-Liye Stock Quotations.

NEW YORK, December 19.-Money on call
easy at2 TO per cent; last loan at 2, ielosed Of
fered at per cent Prime mercantile paper
51<@s per cent Sterling exchange firm at
4s2tfor &C days bills and 1851 for demand. The
total sales Of stocks to-day were Is6,4S2 shares,
including the following; Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western, Is. BIC; Louisville & Nashville,
5000; Northwestern, $500; Oregon Transconti-
mental, lO,lS0; Reading $3.50; st. Paul II, us;
Union Pacific. 1880; Western Union. $3.50. The
stock market to-day was exceedingly .duu. the
transactions for the day being the smallest for
q full days business seen in months. The tone
of the trading was barely steady during the
forenoon, and an attack by the bearish room
traders upon few leading stocks broke the
prices land they all sympathized to alimited
extent There were very few orders on either
side Of the market in the morning hour, the
trading. being confined more completely to the
professionals and traders than at any previous
time tince last su MINER. London and the COM
mission people doing literally nothing. The
market was entirely devoid OF feature until the
evening, when the story was started that the
Reading miners would strike, and an attack was
made upon that stock which quickly lost l per
cent. Later attention Of the bears was turned
TO Richmond and West Point, which yielded q
like amount, and Manhattan broke per cent.
| on sales OF only go shares. New England was
heavy to weak ell day long and showed a ma
teIial decline at the end Of the day. Northern
/ Pacific DteferIed was also notably weak late in
the day, but she remainder were without feature
| except Oregon & Trsnscontinental, which was
| quite firm on the early trading, on the rumor
| that the Oregon lease had been signed, but
most OF its gain was afterwsrd lost.
| The market opened steady to firm, the
changes srom Saturdays final prices being in
no case for more than = per cent. The dealings
were extremely dun and so remained for the
entire forenoon, and the general tone was rather
heavy, though it was not until after u O'Clock
/ that any decided movement was seen, when
| Reading started on the down grade, and was
afterwaTd joined by Richmond aud West Point
the general list sy mpsthizing frsetiOnally, The
market rallied toward the close, but again
ssgged of. and at the close was barely steady at
| but Insignificant fractions better than the low
| est prices reached.
Most of the active list is materially lower to.
night, considering the small transactions
Richmond and v est Point preferred lost l5s
! the common "a New England rs; Reading !
| per cent.
| Railroad bonds were very dull, but firm to
| strong. Sales, only s6s1CO0, Chesapeake and
Ohio series A rose TO 100 LehIgh and Wilkes
barre ConsuIs ~ to 11s; Michigan Central i've.
| OF 1881 TO no; Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand
| Trunk frsts "a 10 1021z.
| Government bonds were dull, but firm tC
strong State bonds were dull and steady,
Eastern Exchanges.
NEW YORK. December 10 .-Clearings to-day
SIS, l59, 4l2; balances S5,Sl7,T7.
BOSTON, December l9.-Clesrings to-day sl2,
| 40, SIS; balances S1,s63, 0SI; money per cent
| exchange on New York 10@l5c. discount pei
| Sl,0C0,
BALTIMORE. December 19-Clearings q 600,
712i balances STATE.
PHILADELPHIA, December H.-C,earing
to-day sl0, $50 S55; balances Sill, Isl.
ST. LOUIS, December l9.-CIearings to-day 50.
4O5, O96; balances s437,5S4. Exchange on Nes
York 25e premium 70 par.
CHICAGO, December19 Local bank clearing
to-day were Sl2.47s.OO0. New York exehsng
was quoted at 6@7oc discount. Money Wa
quoted at 7@s per cent.
Bar Silver.
NEW YORK, December I9.-Bsr silver 961s,
Foreign Exchanges.
LONDON, 4P. M.-Bar silve-, 451sd. per ounce
PARIS, December 15.-Three per cent. rente
6l19f 27ke for the account.